Ethiopia: Finance and Admin Officer (National Post) - Ethiopia

Link Community Development are seeking applications from dynamic and qualified Ethiopian nationals for the post of Finance and Admin Officer. Based in Wolaita Soddo, with frequent travel to Hawassa, the FAO will support efficient and accurant financial management of LCD Ethiopia’s programmes.

Core responsibilities include the following:

• Be a signatory on LCDE bank account


• Line management of three Finance & Admin Assistants


• Work closely with LCDE leadership on issues related to fiscal and administrative management


• Reconcile LCDE Quickbooks accounts on a weekly basis


• Monitor transactions in Quickbooks to ensure correct allocation of all expenditure to relevant cost-codes


• Send monthly reconciled LCDE Quickbooks back-up to Executive Director by 10^th day of following month


• Review all payment vouchers for Soddo and Hawassa offices on a monthly basis


• Input accruals, prepayment and depreciation into computerised accounts at Year End


• Work closely with IPFM on GEC IW 6473 financial reports and all other donor financial reports


• Support individual staff to budget for their own areas of work / monitor against planned expenditure


• Review LCDE monthly payroll & tax payments


• Conduct monthly payroll reconciliation


• Monitor implementation of Finance Manual guidelines; suggest updates to manual as appropriate


• Liaise with IPFM to ensure compliance with Link Group practice


• Work closely with the GEC IW 6473 County Finance Monitor during quarterly monitoring visits


• Oversee the procurement system in accordance with donor and Link policies and procedures


• Maintain LCD Soddo and Hawassa Office Asset Registers and present monthly to line manager


• Ensure disposal of assets is aligned to CSA and GEC policies


• Ensure that office asset and staff insurance for LCD offices is up to date


• Manage internal and annual external audit processes (preparing for audits and assisting auditors)·